7.3.2 Low Pressure Alarm
Property Description
Alarm text
Low Pressure
Priority High
Alarm condition A Low Pressure alarm will be given when the Vivo 2 pres-
sure fails to reach the low pressure alarm limit for 15
seconds.
Possible cause
• Disconnection of patient circuit.
• Mismatch between pressure setting and alarm setting.
• Leakage from the mask or other components of the patient
circuit.
Reset criteria
The pressure rises above the alarm limit.
Ventilator action The Vivo 2 will continue treatment according to the current
settings.
Setting range
• 1 cmH
2
O to 30 cmH
2
O
• Off
Note that the Low pressure alarm cannot be set higher than
the value set for the High pressure alarm.
Setting resolution Below 10 cmH
2
O: 0.5 cmH
2
O
Above 10 cmH
2
O: 1.0 cmH
2
O
Setting display The Low Pressure alarm setting is displayed by a red line in
the pressure bar graph.
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